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----- Original Message -----
From: suse
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: plastic words

Entry:   plastic
Function:   adjective
Definition:   influenced
Synonyms:   amenable, bending, compliant, docile, ductile, flexible, giving, impressionable, influenceable, malleable, manageable, moldable, pliable, pliant, receptive, responsive, suggestible, supple, susceptible, tractable, yielding
Concept:   changing
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   plastic
Function:   adjective
Definition:   flexible
Synonyms:   artificial, bending, cast, cellulose, chemical, ductile, elastic, fictile, formable, moldable, molded, pliable, pliant, pseudo, resilient, shapable, soft, substitute, superficial, supple, synthetic, workable
Concept:   texture (soft)
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   adaptable
Function:   adjective
Definition:   alterable
Synonyms:   adjustable, all around, alterable, can do, changeable, compliant, conformable, convertible, ductile, easy-going, flexible, malleable, modelable, modifiable, plastic, pliable, pliant, putty, resilient, supple, switch hitting, tractable, variable, versatile
Antonyms:   inflexible, intractable, invariable, nonconforming, rigid, unadaptable, unbending
Concept:   changing
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   artificial
Function:   adjective
Definition:   imitation
Synonyms:   bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fabricated, factitious, faked, false, falsie, hyped up, man-made, manufactured, mock, phony, plastic, queer, sham, simulated, specious, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unnatural, unreal
Antonyms:   natural, organic, authentic, genuine, real
Concept:   realness
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   average
Function:   adjective
Definition:   normal
Synonyms:   boilerplate, common, commonplace, customary, everyday, fair, familiar, garden, garden-variety, general, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, mediocre, medium, middling, moderate, nowhere, ordinary, passable, plastic, regular, run-of-the-mill, so-so, standard, tolerable, typical, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual, vanilla, white bread
Antonyms:   abnormal, above par, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, unusual
Concept:   commonness
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   credit
Function:   noun
Definition:   assets
Synonyms:   balance, bond, capital outlay, continuance, debenture, extension, installment plan, lien, loan, mortgage, on account, on tick, plastic, respite, securities, stock, surplus cash, tab, trust, wealth
Antonyms:   cash, debit
Concept:   financial entity
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   ductile
Function:   adjective
Definition:   flexible
Synonyms:   adaptable, amenable, biddable, docile, extensile, malleable, manageable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, responsive, submitting, supple, tractable, yielding
Antonyms:   inflexible, rigid, stiff, unyielding
Concept:   moveableness
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   elastic
Function:   adjective
Definition:   pliant
Synonyms:   adaptable, bouncy, buoyant, ductile, extendible, extensible, flexible, irrepressible, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tempered, yielding
Antonyms:   inelastic, inflexible, rigid, stiff
Concept:   moveableness
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   flexible
Function:   adjective
Definition:   bendable
Synonyms:   adjustable, bending, ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, flexile, formable, formative, impressionable, like putty, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, soft, spongy, springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tensile, tractable, tractile, whippy, willowy, yielding
Concept:   moveableness
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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Entry:   impressionable
Function:   adjective
Definition:   gullible
Synonyms:   affectable, affected, feeling, impressible, influenceable, ingenuous, open, perceptive, plastic, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, suggestible, susceptible, susceptive, vulnerable, waxy
Concept:   personality quality
Source:   Roget's Interactive Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.0.0)
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